Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Mabel Albertson |
Actor |
24-Jul-1901 |
28-Sep-1982 |
Darrin's mother on Bewitched |
Louis Aragon |
Poet |
3-Oct-1897 |
24-Dec-1982 |
Communistic French poet |
John M. Ashbrook |
Politician |
21-Sep-1928 |
24-Apr-1982 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1961-82 |
Arthur Askey |
Comic |
6-Jun-1900 |
16-Nov-1982 |
Horn-rimmed British comic |
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr |
Head of State |
1-Jul-1914 |
4-Oct-1982 |
President of Iraq, 1968-79 |
Lester Bangs |
Critic |
14-Dec-1948 |
30-Apr-1982 |
Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung |
Walworth Barbour |
Diplomat |
4-Jun-1908 |
21-Jul-1982 |
US Ambassador to Israel, 1961-73 |
Djuna Barnes |
Novelist |
12-Jun-1892 |
18-Jun-1982 |
Modernist poet, Nightwood |
Joseph M. Barr |
Politician |
28-May-1906 |
26-Aug-1982 |
Mayor of Pittsburgh, 1959-70 |
Hugh Beaumont |
Actor |
16-Feb-1909 |
14-May-1982 |
Ward Cleaver on Leave It To Beaver |
John Belushi |
Actor |
24-Jan-1949 |
5-Mar-1982 |
Animal House |
Brenda Benet |
Actor |
14-Aug-1945 |
7-Apr-1982 |
Days of Our Lives |
Ingrid Bergman |
Actor |
29-Aug-1915 |
29-Aug-1982 |
Murder on the Orient Express |
Rudy Bond |
Actor |
1-Oct-1912 |
29-Mar-1982 |
A Streetcar Named Desire |
John Brahm |
Film Director |
17-Aug-1893 |
12-Oct-1982 |
The Lodger |
Leonid Brezhnev |
Head of State |
19-Dec-1906 |
10-Nov-1982 |
Leader of the Soviet Union, 1964-82 |
James Broderick |
Actor |
7-Mar-1927 |
1-Nov-1982 |
Doug Lawrence on Family |
Virginia Bruce |
Actor |
29-Sep-1910 |
24-Feb-1982 |
The Invisible Woman |
Victor Buono |
Actor |
3-Feb-1938 |
1-Jan-1982 |
King Tut on Batman |
W. R. Burnett |
Novelist |
25-Nov-1899 |
25-Apr-1982 |
Little Caesar |
Rab Butler |
Politician |
9-Dec-1902 |
8-Mar-1982 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1963-64 |
Roberto Calvi |
Business |
13-Apr-1920 |
17-Jun-1982 |
Vatican banker who died mysteriously |
Marcel Camus |
Film Director |
21-Apr-1912 |
13-Jan-1982 |
Black Orpheus |
Alberto Cavalcanti |
Film Director |
6-Feb-1897 |
23-Aug-1982 |
Went the Day Well? |
John Charnley |
Doctor |
29-Aug-1912 |
5-Aug-1982 |
Hip replacement surgery |
John Cheever |
Author |
27-May-1912 |
18-Jun-1982 |
The Enormous Radio |
John Cardinal Cody |
Religion |
24-Dec-1907 |
25-Apr-1982 |
Archbishop of Chicago, 1965-82 |
Hans Conried |
Actor |
15-Apr-1917 |
5-Jan-1982 |
Character actor, 1930s to 1970s |
Robert Coote |
Actor |
4-Feb-1909 |
26-Nov-1982 |
My Fair Lady |
Haskell Curry |
Mathematician |
12-Sep-1900 |
1-Sep-1982 |
Combinatory Logic |
Helmut Dantine |
Actor |
7-Oct-1917 |
2-May-1982 |
Edge of Darkness |
Patrick Dewaere |
Actor |
26-Jan-1947 |
16-Jul-1982 |
Les valseuses |
Philip K. Dick |
Novelist |
16-Dec-1928 |
2-Mar-1982 |
Blade Runner |
Ruth Donnelly |
Actor |
17-May-1896 |
17-Nov-1982 |
A Slight Case of Murder |
Tom Drake |
Actor |
5-Aug-1918 |
11-Aug-1982 |
Meet Me In St. Louis |
Dominique Dunne |
Actor |
23-Nov-1959 |
4-Nov-1982 |
Poltergeist |
Hugh Everett |
Physicist |
11-Nov-1930 |
19-Jul-1982 |
Many Worlds Theory of quantum physics |
Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
Film Director |
31-May-1945 |
10-Jun-1982 |
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant |
Marty Feldman |
Comic |
8-Jul-1933 |
2-Dec-1982 |
Eye-gor in Young Frankenstein |
Homer S. Ferguson |
Politician |
25-Feb-1889 |
17-Dec-1982 |
US Senator from Michigan, 1943-55 |
Henry Fonda |
Actor |
16-May-1905 |
12-Aug-1982 |
12 Angry Men |
Abe Fortas |
Judge |
19-Jun-1910 |
5-Apr-1982 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1965-69 |
Anna Freud |
Relative |
3-Dec-1895 |
9-Oct-1982 |
Daughter of Sigmund Freud |
Karl von Frisch |
Zoologist |
20-Nov-1886 |
12-Jun-1982 |
Researched bee communications |
Hugh J. Gallen |
Politician |
30-Jul-1924 |
29-Dec-1982 |
Governor of New Hampshire, 1979-82 |
John Gardner |
Novelist |
21-Jul-1933 |
14-Sep-1982 |
Grendel |
Dave Garroway |
Talk Show Host |
13-Jul-1913 |
21-Jul-1982 |
Host of Today, 1952-61 |
Bill George |
Football |
27-Oct-1929 |
30-Sep-1982 |
Linebacker, NFL Hall of Famer |
William F. Giauque |
Chemist |
12-May-1895 |
28-Mar-1982 |
Adiabatic demagnetization |
Erving Goffman |
Sociologist |
11-Jun-1922 |
19-Nov-1982 |
The Presentation of Self |
Wladyslaw Gomulka |
Head of State |
6-Feb-1905 |
1-Sep-1982 |
Head of Polish Communists, 1956-70 |
Freeman F. Gosden |
Actor |
5-May-1899 |
10-Dec-1982 |
Amos of Amos & Andy |
Robert Gottschalk |
Inventor |
12-Mar-1918 |
3-Jun-1982 |
Wide-screen motion picture technology |
Glenn Gould |
Pianist |
25-Sep-1932 |
4-Oct-1982 |
Canadian pianist, Bach soloist |
Margot Grahame |
Actor |
20-Feb-1911 |
1-Jan-1982 |
The Informer |
Gordon Gray |
Government |
30-May-1909 |
26-Nov-1982 |
Secretary of the Army, 1949-50 |
Horace Gregory |
Poet |
10-Apr-1898 |
11-Mar-1982 |
Chelsea Rooming House |
Marvin Griffin |
Politician |
4-Sep-1907 |
13-Jun-1982 |
Governor of Georgia, 1955-59 |
Leroy Grumman |
Business |
4-Jan-1895 |
4-Oct-1982 |
Co-Founder, Grumman Aircraft |
Joyce C. Hall |
Business |
29-Aug-1891 |
29-Oct-1982 |
Founder of Hallmark Cards |
Virginia Hall |
Spy |
6-Apr-1906 |
14-Jul-1982 |
American spy |
Granville Hicks |
Critic |
9-Sep-1901 |
18-Jun-1982 |
Marxist critic, The Great Tradition |
Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter |
Military |
8-May-1897 |
18-Jun-1982 |
CIA Director, 1947-50 |
Stanley Holloway |
Actor |
1-Oct-1890 |
30-Jan-1982 |
Passport to Pimlico |
Lightnin' Hopkins |
Guitarist |
15-Mar-1912 |
30-Jan-1982 |
Mojo Hand |
Craig Hosmer |
Politician |
6-May-1915 |
11-Oct-1982 |
Congressman from California, 1953-74 |
Leon Jaworski |
Government |
19-Sep-1905 |
9-Dec-1982 |
Watergate special prosecutor |
Jackie Jensen |
Baseball |
9-Mar-1927 |
14-Jul-1982 |
American League MVP, 1958 |
Celia Johnson |
Actor |
18-Dec-1908 |
26-Apr-1982 |
Brief Encounter |
Victor Jory |
Actor |
23-Nov-1902 |
12-Feb-1982 |
Cat-Women of the Moon |
Curd Jürgens |
Actor |
13-Dec-1915 |
18-Jun-1982 |
The Spy Who Loved Me |
Bill Justis |
Musician |
14-Oct-1927 |
15-Jul-1982 |
Raunchy |
Grace Kelly |
Royalty |
12-Nov-1929 |
14-Sep-1982 |
American-born Princess of Monaco |
Henry King |
Film Director |
24-Jan-1886 |
29-Jun-1982 |
Twelve O'Clock High |
Paul Kollsman |
Inventor |
22-Feb-1900 |
17-Mar-1982 |
Barometric altimeter |
Fernando Lamas |
Actor |
9-Jan-1915 |
8-Oct-1982 |
The Lost World |
Harvey Lembeck |
Actor |
15-Apr-1923 |
5-Jan-1982 |
Cpl. Barbella on The Phil Silvers Show |
Abba Lerner |
Economist |
28-Oct-1903 |
27-Oct-1982 |
The Economics of Control |
Ted Lewis |
Novelist |
18-Jan-1940 |
15-May-1982 |
Jack's Return Home |
Rayford W. Logan |
Historian |
7-Jan-1897 |
4-Nov-1982 |
The Negro in American Life and Thought |
Arthur Lowe |
Actor |
22-Sep-1915 |
15-Apr-1982 |
Dad's Army |
Edward Ludwig |
Film Director |
7-Oct-1898 |
20-Aug-1982 |
The Fighting Seabees |
Paul Lynde |
Comic |
13-Jun-1926 |
10-Jan-1982 |
Hollywood Square |
Dwight Macdonald |
Critic |
24-Mar-1906 |
19-Dec-1982 |
Against the American Grain |
Archibald Macleish |
Poet |
7-May-1892 |
20-Apr-1982 |
Conquistador |
Patrick Magee |
Actor |
31-Mar-1922 |
14-Aug-1982 |
Mr. Alexander in A Clockwork Orange |
Hugh Marlowe |
Actor |
30-Jan-1911 |
2-May-1982 |
Jim Matthews on Another World |
Ngaio Marsh |
Novelist |
23-Apr-1895 |
18-Feb-1982 |
New Zealand detective novelist |
Isa Miranda |
Actor |
5-Jul-1905 |
8-Jul-1982 |
Summertime |
Thelonious Monk |
Jazz Musician |
10-Oct-1917 |
17-Feb-1982 |
Influential jazz pianist and composer |
Stanford Moore |
Chemist |
4-Sep-1913 |
23-Aug-1982 |
Amino-acid analyzer |
Kenneth More |
Actor |
20-Sep-1914 |
12-Jul-1982 |
The Admirable Crichton |
Henry S. Morgan |
Business |
24-Oct-1900 |
8-Feb-1982 |
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley |
Vic Morrow |
Actor |
14-Feb-1929 |
23-Jul-1982 |
Sgt. Chip Saunders on Combat |
Jack Mullaney |
Actor |
18-Sep-1929 |
27-Jun-1982 |
The Ann Sothern Show |
Philip Noel-Baker |
Politician |
1-Nov-1889 |
8-Oct-1982 |
Instrumental creating League of Nations and UN |
Jay Novello |
Actor |
22-Aug-1904 |
2-Sep-1982 |
The Lost World |
Warren Oates |
Actor |
5-Jul-1928 |
3-Apr-1982 |
Two-Lane Blacktop |
Barack Obama, Sr. |
Relative |
18-Jun-1936 |
24-Nov-1982 |
Father of President Barack Obama |
Philip Ober |
Actor |
23-Mar-1902 |
13-Sep-1982 |
From Here to Eternity |
Carl Orff |
Composer |
10-Jul-1895 |
29-Mar-1982 |
Carmina Burana |
Satchel Paige |
Baseball |
7-Jul-1906 |
8-Jun-1982 |
Negro Leagues, Cleveland Indians pitcher |
Buddy Parker |
Football |
16-Dec-1913 |
22-Mar-1982 |
Steelers Head Coach, 1957-64 |
Lee Patrick |
Actor |
22-Nov-1901 |
21-Nov-1982 |
Henrietta Topper on Topper |
Art Pepper |
Jazz Musician |
1-Sep-1925 |
15-Jun-1982 |
Alto saxophonist |
Georges Perec |
Novelist |
7-Mar-1936 |
3-Mar-1982 |
La Vie: mode d'emploi |
Barney Phillips |
Actor |
20-Oct-1913 |
17-Aug-1982 |
Character actor |
Norris Poulson |
Politician |
23-Jul-1895 |
25-Sep-1982 |
Mayor of Los Angeles, 1953-61 |
Eleanor Powell |
Dancer |
21-Nov-1912 |
11-Feb-1982 |
Lady Be Good |
George Quist |
Business |
? |
1982 |
Co-Founder, Hambrecht & Quist |
Ayn Rand |
Author |
2-Feb-1905 |
6-Mar-1982 |
Atlas Shrugged |
Kenneth Rexroth |
Poet |
22-Dec-1905 |
6-Jun-1982 |
Disenchanted beat poet |
Randy Rhoads |
Guitarist |
6-Dec-1956 |
19-Mar-1982 |
Ozzy's guitarist dies joyriding airplane |
James W. Riddleberger |
Diplomat |
21-Sep-1904 |
17-Oct-1982 |
Chief of Central European Affairs, 1944-47 |
Marty Robbins |
Country Musician |
26-Sep-1925 |
8-Dec-1982 |
El Paso |
Elmer E. Robinson |
Politician |
3-Oct-1894 |
9-Jun-1982 |
Mayor of San Francisco, 1948-56 |
Joe E. Ross |
Actor |
15-Mar-1914 |
13-Aug-1982 |
Car 54, Where Are You? |
Artur Rubinstein |
Pianist |
28-Jan-1887 |
20-Dec-1982 |
Polish-American piano virtuoso |
Joe Sawyer |
Actor |
29-Aug-1906 |
21-Apr-1982 |
Character actor 1930s to 1950s |
Romy Schneider |
Actor |
23-Sep-1938 |
29-May-1982 |
La Passante du Sans-Souci |
Gershom Scholem |
Historian |
5-Dec-1897 |
21-Feb-1982 |
Revolutionized the study of Kabbalah |
Reta Shaw |
Actor |
13-Sep-1912 |
8-Jan-1982 |
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir |
Takashi Shimura |
Actor |
12-Mar-1905 |
11-Feb-1982 |
The Seven Samurai |
Don L. Short |
Politician |
22-Jun-1903 |
10-May-1982 |
Congressman from North Dakota, 1959-65 |
Sonny Stitt |
Jazz Musician |
2-Feb-1924 |
22-Jul-1982 |
Jazz saxophonist |
Lee Strasberg |
Theater Director |
17-Nov-1901 |
17-Feb-1982 |
Theater director and acting coach |
Michio Suzuki |
Business |
10-Feb-1887 |
1982 |
Founder of Suzuki Motor Co. |
Jack Swigert |
Astronaut |
30-Aug-1931 |
27-Dec-1982 |
Command Module Pilot on Apollo 13 |
Gabor Szabo |
Jazz Musician |
8-Mar-1936 |
26-Feb-1982 |
Innovative jazz guitarist |
Frederick Terman |
Scientist |
7-Jun-1900 |
19-Dec-1982 |
Stanford Research Park |
Hugo Theorell |
Scientist |
6-Jul-1903 |
15-Aug-1982 |
Oxidation enzymes |
Cal Tjader |
Jazz Musician |
16-Jul-1925 |
5-May-1982 |
Latin-jazz bandleader |
Bess Truman |
First Lady |
13-Feb-1885 |
18-Oct-1982 |
First Lady under Harry S. Truman |
Tom Tully |
Actor |
21-Aug-1908 |
27-Apr-1982 |
Insp. Matt Grebb on The Lineup |
Merle Tuve |
Physicist |
27-Jun-1901 |
20-May-1982 |
Proximity fuse |
Nathan F. Twining |
Military |
11-Oct-1897 |
29-Mar-1982 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1957-60 |
Alberto Vargas |
Artist |
9-Feb-1896 |
30-Dec-1982 |
Creator of the "Vargas Girl" |
King Vidor |
Film Director |
8-Feb-1894 |
1-Nov-1982 |
Northwest Passage |
Charles Walters |
Film Director |
17-Nov-1911 |
13-Aug-1982 |
Please Don't Eat the Daisies |
Alan Webb |
Actor |
2-Jul-1906 |
22-Jun-1982 |
English character actor |
Jack Webb |
Actor |
2-Apr-1920 |
23-Dec-1982 |
Joe Friday in Dragnet |
John Hay Whitney |
Business |
17-Aug-1904 |
8-Feb-1982 |
New York Herald Tribune |
Don Wilson |
Radio Personality |
1-Sep-1900 |
25-Apr-1982 |
Jack Benny's announcer |
Vladimir Zworykin |
Inventor |
30-Jul-1889 |
29-Jul-1982 |
Patented color televison |